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Shylock's children : economics and Jewish identity in modern Europe / Derek J. Penslar. [electronic resource]
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Penslar, Derek Jonathan.
- Series:
- S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
- The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Europe--Economic conditions.
- Jews.
- Europe--Economic conditions.
- Europe.
- Jews--Europe--Public opinion.
- Public opinion--Europe.
- Public opinion.
- Jews--Europe--Identity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 374 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, [Calif.] ; London : University of California Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Throughout much of European history. Jews have been strongly associated with commerce and the money trade, rendered both visible and vulnerable, like Shakespeare's Shylock, by their economic distinctiveness. The author tells the story of Jewish perceptions of this economic difference and its effects on modern Jewish identity and explains how Jews in modern Europe developed the notion of a distinct 'Jewish economic man', an image that grew ever more complex and nuanced between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references (p. 329-358) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-520-92584-X
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